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Vivier: Rêves d’un Marco Polo
Susan Narucki; Lani Poulson; Claron McFadden; Kathryn Harries; Karl Daymond; Johan Leysen
Many consider Claude Vivier the greatest composer Canada has yet produced. György Ligeti once called him 'the finest French composer of his generation'. A pupil
under Gilles Tremblay and Karlheinz Stockhausen, he soon created his own dazzling vocal and orchestral language, profoundly marked by his travels to the Far
East. The interweaving of his personal and professional life, of the real and the imaginary, reveals a compelling global awareness, deep human compassion and a
universal quest for ultimate enlightenment. Vivier himself pursued this journey of discovery, until his tragic murder in Paris at the age of thirty-four.
The two parts of Rêves d’un Marco Polo are like shadow and light, forming a dreamlike ritualistic experience and encompassing stage productions of his finest compositions. Pierre Audi's superb and moving staging is complemented by refined, passionate musical direction from Reinbert de Leeuw, leading the soloists, the Asko Ensemble and the Schönberg Ensemble to great heights.
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/01/2006
Sound Formats: DTS Surround; LPCM Stereo
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT, NL
Catalogue Number: OA0943D
Conductor(s):
Reinbert de Leeuw
Reinbert de Leeuw
Orchestra(s):
Asko Ensemble; Schönberg Ensemble
Asko Ensemble; Schönberg Ensemble
Artist(s):
Susan Narucki; Lani Poulson; Claron McFadden; Kathryn Harries; Karl Daymond; Johan Leysen; Asko Ensemble; Schönberg Ensemble; Reinbert de Leeuw
Susan Narucki; Lani Poulson; Claron McFadden; Kathryn Harries; Karl Daymond; Johan Leysen; Asko Ensemble; Schönberg Ensemble; Reinbert de Leeuw
"... there is something ... personal, compelling and even stranger about the ritualised world Vivier creates, and Audi's equally haunting production, with a wonderfully committed cast, seems totally true to every detail of it; certainly it's hard to think of another piece of music theatre remotely like it." (The Guardian ★★★★)
"Like a rite whose function outsiders cannot easily explain, it attracts us and yet holds us tantalizingly at arm's length. I believe its theatricality would have appealed to Vivier. I don't doubt that the performances would have. [Reinbert] De Leeuw has been devoting himself to Vivier's cause for a long time now, and he knows this music as well as anyone. He has surrounded himself with instrumentalists, singers, and theater people who are no less able nor committed to advancing the cause of this enigmatic composer." (Classical Net)
"Like a rite whose function outsiders cannot easily explain, it attracts us and yet holds us tantalizingly at arm's length. I believe its theatricality would have appealed to Vivier. I don't doubt that the performances would have. [Reinbert] De Leeuw has been devoting himself to Vivier's cause for a long time now, and he knows this music as well as anyone. He has surrounded himself with instrumentalists, singers, and theater people who are no less able nor committed to advancing the cause of this enigmatic composer." (Classical Net)
Susan Narucki; Lani Poulson; Claron McFadden; Kathryn Harries; Karl Daymond; Johan Leysen
Many consider Claude Vivier the greatest composer Canada has yet produced. György Ligeti once called him 'the finest French composer of his generation'. A pupil
under Gilles Tremblay and Karlheinz Stockhausen, he soon created his own dazzling vocal and orchestral language, profoundly marked by his travels to the Far
East. The interweaving of his personal and professional life, of the real and the imaginary, reveals a compelling global awareness, deep human compassion and a
universal quest for ultimate enlightenment. Vivier himself pursued this journey of discovery, until his tragic murder in Paris at the age of thirty-four.
The two parts of Rêves d’un Marco Polo are like shadow and light, forming a dreamlike ritualistic experience and encompassing stage productions of his finest compositions. Pierre Audi's superb and moving staging is complemented by refined, passionate musical direction from Reinbert de Leeuw, leading the soloists, the Asko Ensemble and the Schönberg Ensemble to great heights.
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/01/2006
Sound Formats: DTS Surround; LPCM Stereo
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT, NL
Catalogue Number: OA0943D
Conductor(s):
Reinbert de Leeuw
Reinbert de Leeuw
Orchestra(s):
Asko Ensemble; Schönberg Ensemble
Asko Ensemble; Schönberg Ensemble
Artist(s):
Susan Narucki; Lani Poulson; Claron McFadden; Kathryn Harries; Karl Daymond; Johan Leysen; Asko Ensemble; Schönberg Ensemble; Reinbert de Leeuw
Susan Narucki; Lani Poulson; Claron McFadden; Kathryn Harries; Karl Daymond; Johan Leysen; Asko Ensemble; Schönberg Ensemble; Reinbert de Leeuw
"... there is something ... personal, compelling and even stranger about the ritualised world Vivier creates, and Audi's equally haunting production, with a wonderfully committed cast, seems totally true to every detail of it; certainly it's hard to think of another piece of music theatre remotely like it." (The Guardian ★★★★)
"Like a rite whose function outsiders cannot easily explain, it attracts us and yet holds us tantalizingly at arm's length. I believe its theatricality would have appealed to Vivier. I don't doubt that the performances would have. [Reinbert] De Leeuw has been devoting himself to Vivier's cause for a long time now, and he knows this music as well as anyone. He has surrounded himself with instrumentalists, singers, and theater people who are no less able nor committed to advancing the cause of this enigmatic composer." (Classical Net)
"Like a rite whose function outsiders cannot easily explain, it attracts us and yet holds us tantalizingly at arm's length. I believe its theatricality would have appealed to Vivier. I don't doubt that the performances would have. [Reinbert] De Leeuw has been devoting himself to Vivier's cause for a long time now, and he knows this music as well as anyone. He has surrounded himself with instrumentalists, singers, and theater people who are no less able nor committed to advancing the cause of this enigmatic composer." (Classical Net)
